‘There are a whole range of measures in law to protect women that are not being used. There is a problem around the understanding of domestic abuse and the culture of police,’ solicitor says
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Helena Spector from The Justice Gap on our ‘Coercive Control and Criminal Justice’ event last week
Read moreIn the News: Courts 'are silencing women'
Women’s rights campaigners fear a legal backlash against the Me Too movement, in which women have taken to social media to speak out against mistreatment.
Read moreIn the News: Rape Victims 'At Risk' As Police Don't Put Suspects On Bail, Charity Warns
The release of hundreds of thousands of suspected rapists, domestic abusers and other offenders without safeguards to protect victims is to be challenged.
Read moreIn the News: Rape and abuse victims at risk as police fail to put suspects on bail
Centre for Women’s Justice is preparing a supercomplaint against the police service, claiming that it is failing to use protective legal measures that keep victims safe.
Read moreIn The News: Rape victims dropping allegations over fears defence lawyers will use mobile phone data against them
Harriet Wistrich speaks to The Telegraph about victims dropping rape allegations over fears defence lawyers will use personal information on their phones against them
Read moreIn the News: What happened next? The lawyer who took on John Worboys – and showed how the justice system fails women
by Paula Cocozza for The Guardian
Read moreResistance Radio - Derrick Jensen speaks with Harriet Wistrich
CWJ founder and director Harriet Wistrich speaks with Derrick Jensen about state failures, violence against women and Centre for Women’s Justice.
Read moreIn The News: 'I met my rapist on Tinder': The truth behind the rise in online date rape
By Josephine Moulds for The Telegraph
Read moreIn The News: Worboys’ victims were failed by the justice system – I can only hope lessons are learned
CWJ director Harriet Wistrich reflects on the failures in the justice system for the Metro
Read moreThe Cox Report - Our open letter
In an open letter made public today, Centre for Women’s Justice and its clients have called on the administration of the House of Commons to implement Dame Laura Cox’s proposed reforms in full and make Westminster a safe place of work for women.
Read moreIn the news: Jourdain John-Baptiste: Legal challenge over death →
Ms John-Baptiste claim the witnesses "felt Jourdain was in fear of her life" and heard her screaming "somebody help me" shortly before her fall.
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n August 2015, Jourdain died after falling from balcony during an argument with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend was arrested at the scene and there followed a detailed police investigation which was referred to the CPS for a decision on charging him. Initially, the CPS said there was not enough evidence for a prosecution. The family were devastated and appealed that decision. The CPS then indicated they would prosecute for manslaughter but then reversed that decision yet again claiming the original decision was correct. Jourdain's mother, Tracey, is lodging a judicial review to challenge the CPS decision not to charge.
Read moreIn the news: Victims of sexual violence are right to fear another John Worboys →
by Harriet Wistrich for The Guardian
When the Parole Board decision to release John Worboyswas reported in the media in early January, I was asked to comment. This was because I was representing two of his victims, DSD and NBV, in a successful challengeof the police investigation under the Human Rights Act.
My clients had not been consulted, and first heard about the decision in the news. They were shocked and horrified. Both were convinced he would offend again and asked if there was anything they could do. Calls from many other victims followed; some had reported him previously but their cases were not prosecuted, others had never come forward before – but now felt compelled to do whatever they could to stop someone they believed remained a danger to women from being freed to offend again.
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CWJ Director Harriet Wistrich: “Many of these women still live with the aftermath”
Watch Harriet Wistrich speaking on Channel4 News about the release of convicted rapist John Worboys
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